Why does the raw file have an option for a variable path and the flat file destination does not? Not having this feature makes it impossible to work with variable environments. Please add this option to the Flatfile Destination.
Copy a full directory from source to destination (Done)
then for each file on the destination directory,it must process that file and insert rows on the table.
So I created a foreach loop, and created a varriable aclled CURRENTFILENAME, and assigned it into the foreachloop to index 0.
Inside the foreachloop I created a dataflow task, in the dataflow task I dragged a flat file source and an oledb destination, but I noticed that the flat file source requires flat file manager, and the flat file manager requires a unique FILE NAME. I cant put this c:copia*.txt.
I took a loot at flat file source properties and it has associated the flat file manager, but I can not assign the filename to the variable from the foreach.
I am new to SSIS programming and trying to export data from a flatfile source to SQL server destination table dynamically. I need to get the table schema info (column length, data type etc.) from SQL server table and then map the source columns from flatfile to destination table columns.
I am referring to one of the programming samples from Microsoft and another excellent article by Moim Hossain. Can someone help me understand how to map the Source columns to destination table columns depending on table schema? Please help.
Error 3 Error loading MLS_AZ_PHX.dtsx: The result of the expression ""C:\sql_working_directory\MLS\AZ\Phoenix\Docs\Armls_Schema Updated 020107.xls"" on property "ConnectionString" cannot be written to the property. The expression was evaluated, but cannot be set on the property. c:documents and settingsviewmastermy documentsvisual studio 2005projectsm l sMLS_AZ_PHX.dtsx 1 1
Directly using C:sql_working_directoryMLSAZPhoenixDocsArmls_Schema Updated 020107.xls as connectionString works
However - I'm trying to deploy the package - and trying to use expression: @[User::DIR_WORKING] + "\Docs\Armls_Schema Updated 020107.xls" which causes the same error to occur
(Same error with other Excel source also: Error 5 Error loading MLS_AZ_PHX.dtsx: The result of the expression "@[User::DIR_WORKING] + "\Docs\Armls_SchoolCodesJuly06.xls"" on property "ConnectionString" cannot be written to the property. The expression was evaluated, but cannot be set on the property. c:documents and settingsviewmastermy documentsvisual studio 2005projectsm l sMLS_AZ_PHX.dtsx 1 1 )
I have created 1 report with 2 datasets. This report is attached to the 1st dataset.For example,1st one is "Smallappliances", 2nd is "Largeappliances".
I created a tablix and, the 1st column extracts Total sales per Sales person between 2 dates from 1st dataset (Small appliances). I used running values expression and it works fine.
Now, I would like to add another column that extracts Total sales per sales person between 2 dates from 2nd dataset (Large appliances). I am aware that I need to use Lookup expression and it is giving me the single sales value rather than the total sales values. So, I wanted to use RunningValue expression within lookup table to get total sales for large appliances.
This is the lookup expression that I added for the 2nd column.
I get this error when I preview the report.An error occurred during local report processing.The definition of the report is invalid.An unexpected error occurred in report processing.
I currently have a flatfile with a seperate COBOL copybook. I need to be able to import all of it correctly into a db in mssql. Are there any *free programs that will turn the flatfile into some form for insertion into the db? What about csv format into the db?
What is the true difference between FlatFile and File in terms of ConnectionManagerType? If FlatFile is just a subset, why does SSIS architechture need it? What is the reasoning behind?
The CreatePackage sample provided with SQL Server programmatically creates a package that has a source type of OLEDB to a flat file destination. I am building exactly the opposite, source=flatfile, destination=SQL Server. I expect that will be a more common scenario is using SSIS.
The problem I have is populating the source columns in the FlatFileSource connection manager programmatically. I know it can be done because it happens when you build a package in Visual Studio. What I'd like to know is how to do it programmatically in the object model. How can I interrogate the datasource through the connection manager to find out what columns it has? If I know, I can add the columns to the connection manager. My sample below does this, but it doesn't know the number of columns in the source so that value is hardcoded. I'm guessing there is a better way to do this than what I've got below.
How can I find the number of columns in my source so I can add the columns to the connection manager?
Thanks.
Private Sub AddColumnsToFlatFileConnectionManager() Dim ff As wrap.IDTSConnectionManagerFlatFile90 = Nothing
For Each cm As ConnectionManager In _Package.Connections If cm.Name.Equals(_ExternalConnectionID) Then ff = TryCast(cm.InnerObject, wrap.IDTSConnectionManagerFlatFile90) DtsConvert.ToConnectionManager90(cm) End If Next
If Not ff Is Nothing Then
Dim col As wrap.IDTSConnectionManagerFlatFileColumn90 Dim name As wrap.IDTSName90 Dim Min As Int32 = 0 Dim Max As Int32 = Min + 3 ' *** HARDCODED LIMIT ***
For cols As Integer = Min To Max col = ff.Columns.Add()
If cols = Max Then col.ColumnDelimiter = vbCrLf Else col.ColumnDelimiter = "," End If
Dim width As Int32 = 50 Dim DataType As wrap.DataType = wrap.DataType.DT_STR
This seems so obvious, but is causing me a lot of trouble:
The flat files input to my SSIS packages may contain an empty line between each row of data, or may be "continuous" without any extra empty lines. Here are small examples of the data I'm working with:
With the extra line:
"M","SFH","Single Family Mortgage Loans","Single Fam Mtg"
Seems to me it should be possible to set up a single FlatFile connection to handle both these formats, but it's not easy.
I can easily manually edit the FlatFile connection and change the "RowDelimiter" to either "{CR}{LF}" or "{CR}{LF}{CR}{LF}" and the package runs against the corresponding flat file.
However, when I try to use an expression (@[User::StrRowDelimiter]) to set the RowDelimiter to the value of a package variable, the expression is completely ignored.
I can only change the RowDelimiter property on the FlatFile connection by manually opening the editor on the connection and changing it to match the incoming file.
Why isn't this connection seeing the expression I've set up for its RowDelimiter property?
My DTS package, deployed and run from the file system, works just fine for me, but fails when someone else runs it. The only explicit error from the dtexec command is:
I am running an ISQL script every day and automatically emailing the output of a query as the body of an email, to a group of people. ISQL executes a SQL file which selects some data and the output of the ISQL is sent to a *.txt file.
The Issue is that the output of the query wraps in the flatfile. It seems that the *.txt file wraps at character 76.
Does anyone have an Idea how to prevent query output data from wrapping in the flatfile?
After the date you can see that there is two digits number either 00 or 01. The rows also have a different lengthts.
When ever that columns contains 00 the line should be inserted to a special text file, if the columns contains 01 it should to another file.
How can I solve this in a good way?
One of the problems I have is that when I try to import the rows the flat file connections indicates(erros message) that I have partial row in the file which is true since the the rows with the columns content 01 have more fields then the other.
We are storing incoming flatfiles into a text field in a table and then we are processing this table on a regular basis. What I would like to do is to get this flatfile from the textfield and populate a flatfile source with it, but so far I have only been able to do that with XML files as there are no option for doing that with the flatfile source. Using the disk as a temporary storage for the flatfile is prohibited.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this?
With every keystroke in the flat file connection manager editor on the filename the bids system goes out and trys to find the file this is stupidly slow when using \sqldevelopc$zipcode.txt
The second is creating an import from a flat file to database file using data flow task
when you run the task I get the following error trying to open a c:demozipcode.txt file
[AdventureWorks [30]] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E14. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80040E14 Description: "Could not bulk load because SSIS file mapping object 'GlobalDTSQLIMPORT ' could not be opened. Operating system error code 2(The system cannot find the file specified.). Make sure you are accessing a local server via Windows security.".
I can see there is an issue with BIDS that when you developing it is using the local drive C drive and running it using the servers C drive
I have tried unc paths also and it doesnt work either
Everything in the connection looks fine, i can see the data, the columns etc
I can get this to work using bulk load task and the exact same connection, but not in the data flow task
After the date you can see that there is two digits number either 00 or 01. The rows also have a different lengthts.
When ever that columns contains 00 the line should be inserted to a special text file, if the columns contains 01 it should to another file.
How can I solve this in a good way?
One of the problems I have is that when I try to import the rows the flat file connections indicates(erros message) that I have partial row in the file which is true since the the rows with the columns content 01 have more fields then the other.
Hello all I got a Problem when I try to store Data from a Flatfile to a DB. The following Error appears in the Progress Control: An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Products_1'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Products'.".
I have a Flat File Source, and would like to store the needed records in a DB. In Column 0 in the Flatfile I have multiple Entries with equal Values. In the DB this Column is set as Primary Key and can only have one Record with the same Value in this Column.
How can I read out (or store) only one Record with the same Value from the Flatfile to store it in the DB?
How can I check if there is a Record from the Flatfile in the DB with the same value in the Primary Key?
How can I change any of the remaining Columns with different Values in the DB to match with the Flatfile?
I have CSV file as source for SSIS package every time the filename will be changing like trd_1990M1_1990M12.csv,trd_1991M1_1991M12.csv , trd_1992M1_1992M12.csv etc.,
so it will vary as per user selection . i need to run the same SSIS package to execute the different file name with the same structure.
Please let me know the solution for that how to pass the file name dynamically to SSIS package.
Hi i am trying to do a straight forward load from a Flatfile source , i have defined the columns according to the lenghts defined in the Data Dictionary Provided but when i am trying to run the Task i am encounterring this error
The column data for column "Column 20" overflowed the disk I/O buffer.
I tried to add another column 21 at the end and truncate or leave that column unmapped to destination but the same problem occurs for column 21 what should i do to over come this .
In case of Bad Data how to clean up the source.. Please help me with this
We have a BIG problem that has been occurring for quite sometime. We have a RAGGED-RIGHT FFS (FlatFileSource) component which receives a FF and then transforms to XML. We define 10 FIELDS with the last field as {CRLF} per ragged right style. Simple right? The source file is sent to us from multiple separate groups, some of which don€™t use the last two fields and have early line termination, so they basically are not there. The problem is that when we define X amount of fields in SSIS, it expects X amount of fields to be there. So when we receive the source file that doesn€™t contain last two fields, SSIS tries to read in the next line, and in most cases successfully places the fields from the next line into the missing fields. Now what we end up with is a source file with 10 rows, but only half successfully transformed, with every other row fitted into the last two XML fields. SSIS completely ignores the {CRLF} until those specific numbers of spaces/fields have been met €“ even if it has to go onto the next line to get them. This seems horribly wrong to me. I would think that at the very least there should be some type of validation that prevents it from grabbing the next line. I thought that is what fixed-length SSIS style is for, and ragged right for allowing to parse multiple rows. We could enforce all clients to produce X char spaces (and we do), but there can be cases in any aspect where a file could get accidentally sent over with a shortened row. I have heard from certain individuals that SSIS adapter wasn€™t designed with this in mind. Is this true, I am to believe that this would still get parsed without throwing any errors and potentially damage the ERP system it is going into? If this is the case then I feel extremely disheartened about SSIS €“ especially with all of the great advancements it has made.
We desperately need a workaround or at the very least some way to validate that a new row {CRLF} isn€™t getting picked up in the first row of the flat file connection. Please can someone help ASAP!?
In one of my package, i m getting this error:Error 128 Validation error. ST-MDR-NYMEXSPAN Connection manager "FF_errorEvent": The file name "fdyrs0 1MktDataWMDEVDevNymexSpanProcessingAreaAuditFilePackageErrorLog.csv" specified in the connection was not valid.  ST-MDR NYMEXSPAN_ Enhan.dtsx 0 0 ..But in connection i have provided the valid file. Please see the screenshot below. After providing the valid file also, this connection manager is saying "A valid file name must be selected". I deleted the connection and tried to create a new connection again but still i m getting this error. Then i tried creating connection on my local folder then it worked fine. why in the shared path i am getting this error? and what should i do to overcome it.
1) IÂ have access to this shared folder. 2) I have saved this connection in a variable. 3) Run64BitRuntime is set to false.
I am wanting to creating a column based on a value in a flatfile, and insert that value into the destination table...
I have a flatfile and a oledb destination, I dropped a script component on the dataflow tab, and I am wanting to take an existing field and create a for lack of a better word, "CODE" field based on that value. How would I accomplish this?
Example--- where description = Test1 code = 1, Test2 code = 2, and same thing for Test3
I have to import data from a flatfile into our datawarehouse. The supplier of the flat file isn't able to give me a delta, he just gives me a flat files with all the changes on a certain table. So for instance when a row in a table is updated 3 times, I get 3 rows in my flatfile with the 3 updates and I only need the last one. The determine wich record is updated I need to combine 6 columns to be sure if I'm looking at the right row in the source database. Is their a way to accomplish this? I'm pretty new to those advanced SSIS things and I tried to look for a way to do it with conditional splits etc...
maybe this is not a serious problem, but I tried for days to come toi a solution without success.
My Problem:
I have have several flatfile sources I need to import into a sql-server 2005 DB.
It is very important for me to have the original line number from inside the source file for each record. The rowcount transform doesn't fit in for this task, because it accumulates all rows until the end of the dataflow.
I tried script components and it works fine if i assume there are no errors in my source. then I simply could declare a local variable and count it up and add a custom collumn to my output. But for errors in my source this won't work, because a second script component won't know the actual value of a package level variable, which i use to store the value, because i am only allowed to access this variable in the post execujte method of the script.
